Posted on 12/25/2024 5:57:36 AM PST by Libloather
Attorneys representing longtime Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Michael Jeffries in his sex trafficking and prostitution case have claimed he has dementia and will need to undergo a competency hearing to determine whether he can face the vile charges.
The lawyers wrote in court documents on Monday that the 80-year-old was examined by a neuropsychologist in October, who concluded that he likely has dementia with behavioral disturbance, Alzheimer's disease and Lewy body dementia.
They claimed the neuropsychologist concluded that Jeffries exhibited cognitive impairments including impaired memory, diminished attention, processing speed slowness and ease of confusion.
Jeffries does 'not even come close to resembling a Master's degree-educated individual who was just nine years earlier the chief executive officer of a publicly traded company,' attorney Brian Bieber argued, according to Bloomberg.
He went on to question whether Jeffries could 'rationally assist - on a sustained and consistent basis' his attorneys 'in connection with the possible factual and legal defenses to the allegations he was facing.'
Defense attorneys and prosecutors have now agreed to let the expert who examined Jeffries testify at a two-day competency hearing in June.
In the meantime, Jeffries remains free on a $10million bond after he pleaded not guilty to accusations that he sexually abused 15 young male models between 2008 and 2015.
Prosecutors have claimed he, his partner Matthew Smith and alleged fixer James Jacobson lured the men to drug-fueled sex parties in the Hamptons by promising them they would model for the retailer's ads.
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Thank you very much.
Suddenly stupid.
Yeah, prison isn't anything compared to that. I was under the impression that definitive diagnosis of Lewy Body had to wait for autopsy. Might be wrong about that, or maybe it's changed.
How is that worse than regular dementia?
The Joe Biden defense.
A&F ALWAYS had sexualized ads with younger models! CREEPY COMPANY!
A&F ALWAYS had sexualized ads with younger models! CREEPY COMPANY!
Soon to be known as the Pedo Joe defence.
Look it up. It is a very fast progressing form of Dementia that usually kills within months instead of years. You downhill really fast.
A rapidly progressing mental aberration. As opposed to a temporary mental aberration.
Jean Shepherd (A Christmas Story) used to bag on Abercrombie & *itch.
How convenient. Dementia got Biden out of suffering consequences, so this guy may be faking dementia to catch a break.
“Your honor, my client cannot particpate in his own defense because he identifies as a cat.”
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